Hi ,
I have a requirement like,
Develop an app for iPad and app uses .net core apis.
App will be in kiosk mode, and app doesn't have any type of authentication even OTP also.
As the apis will be publishing to all over internet, how can we achieve security to apis?
Kindly provide suggestions for this implementation
Prioritize user privacy and data security in your app. Discuss best practices for data handling, user consent, and security measures to protect user information.
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Hello everyone,
In my application, i have implemented authentication using ASWebauthenticationSession. However, when redirecting the user to a WKWebView, no cookies are shared, causing the session to be lost and requiring the user to log in again.
Is there a way to share cookies between the two? If not, what would be the best approach to set up authentication that ensures SSO when switching to a WebView ?
Thank you very much for your help !
Would really appreciate support with this invalid_client issue:
I have a web app and have aligned the JWT Header and Payload
JWT Header
{
"alg": "ES256",
"kid": "ABC123DEFG"
}
JWT Payload
{
"iss": "DEF123GHIJ",
"iat": 1234567890,
"exp": 1234567890,
"aud": "https://appleid.apple.com",
"sub": "com.yourapp.service"
The domains and callback are aligned and correct
I've even created a new p8 and updated the Key_ID
Sending Credentials to Apple (Token Request) Content-Type: application/x-www-form-urlencoded
However, still no luck. Can anyone assist with identifying the possible error?
Many thanks
Topic:
Privacy & Security
SubTopic:
Sign in with Apple
Tags:
Sign in with Apple REST API
Sign in with Apple
Sign in with Apple JS
Hi,
We are using the MSAL library to authenticate users, with SSO authentication implemented through the Microsoft Authenticator app.
The problem is that once or twice a day, a prompt for forced authentication appears, indicating that silent token acquisition is failing and resulting in a requirement for forced authentication. Below are some of the logs:
=================================================
2025-08-28 11:00:05.034 [Info] [AppDelegate.swift:121] application(:didFinishLaunchingWithOptions:) > MSAL message: TID=751353 MSAL 1.8.1 iOS 18.5 [2025-08-28 10:00:05 - EC9D1457-2D70-4878-926F-553391EBC9D3] [MSAL] Silent flow finished. Result (null), error: -51115 error domain: MSIDErrorDomain
2025-08-28 11:00:05.034 [Info] [AppDelegate.swift:121] application(:didFinishLaunchingWithOptions:) > MSAL message: TID=751353 MSAL 1.8.1 iOS 18.5 [2025-08-28 10:00:05 - EC9D1457-2D70-4878-926F-553391EBC9D3] [MSAL] acquireTokenSilent returning with error: (MSALErrorDomain, -50002) Masked(not-null)
====================================================
We initially raised this issue with Microsoft, but according to them:
In the app's logs, the single one failure it contains, was when the SSO extension returned the error com.apple.AuthenticationServices.AuthorizationError, -6000 during a silent call. This error code is generated by the system framework (Apple), not by our code. It indicates that the framework encountered an unexpected internal issue before or after calling the SSO extension.
MSAL returning interaction_required to the client app is the most effective way to recover from this error (as you mention, after the user selects the account the app continues working as expected).
Additionally, as you also mention, the interactive call is made by switching to Authenticator (not displaying a "window" without leaving Eva Lite app), which means MSAL is not able to use the SSO extension and is using the fallback to legacy authentication.
The recommended next step is for the customer to request support directly from Apple as this is an issue on their side. Additionally, the customer can also try to update to the latest iOS, in case Apple has already fixed this issue.
=============================================
STEPS TO REPRODUCE
There is no such steps its just that this is an enterprise application which is getting used on managed devices[iPhone 14]. The device are managed using some intune policy.
Platform and Version:
iOS
Development Environment: Xcode 15, macOS 13.6.1
Run-time Configuration: iOS 18
Please let me know if there are any solutions to resolve this problem. Thank you.
I have my custom Authplugin implemented at login (system.login.console), and I want to remove password requirement validation/authentication from system.login.console authorization right. Do you see any functionality loss in completely removing password need at login. And is there any reference which can help me here to acheive this?
I am developing an Authorization plugin for macOS that should be invoked when a user unlocks their device from the lock screen. Based on advice from the other threads in these forums, I have understood that:
The plugin needs to use SFAuthorizationPluginView
The auth db entries to modify are system.login.screensaver and authenticate
I found the NameAndPassword sample and after making some tweaks to it was able to get it to work from screensaver unlock.
I am trying to add Webview-based authentication to the plugin, but have not had any success. The plugin window's width does not change (though the height does) and only a small portion of the HTML gets rendered. Is Webview-based authentication supported with SFAuthorizationPluginView? Are there any alternatives?
I am implementing Apple Sign-In for a multi-platform application, specifically for the web component using the REST API flow.
I am encountering an invalid_request Invalid web redirect url error when attempting to use a newly registered redirect URL.
Here are the details:
Original Test URL: I initially registered a redirect URL, let's call it [Your Original Test Redirect URL, e.g., https://test.yourdomain.com/auth/callback], for testing purposes. This URL worked correctly.
New Service URL: I then registered a second redirect URL, [Your New Service Redirect URL, e.g., https://www.yourdomain.com/auth/callback], intended for my production service. This URL was registered approximately 5 days ago (including the weekend).
The Problem: The new service URL ([Your New Service Redirect URL]) is still not working and consistently returns the invalid_request Invalid web redirect url error.
Puzzling Behavior: Furthermore, I have since deleted the original test URL ([Your Original Test Redirect URL]) from the Service ID configuration in the Apple Developer portal. However, the deleted test URL still appears to function correctly when I use it.
This situation is highly confusing: The newly registered URL is not working after 5 days, while the URL I have deleted from the configuration is still operational.
The Service ID in question is [Your Service ID, e.g., com.yourdomain.service].
Could you please investigate why the new redirect URL ([Your New Service Redirect URL]) is not becoming active and is returning the invalid_request error, and also explain why the deleted URL ([Your Original Test Redirect URL]) remains functional?
Any guidance or assistance you can provide to resolve this issue with the new URL would be greatly appreciated.
Thank you for your time and support.
Sincerely,
Topic:
Privacy & Security
SubTopic:
Sign in with Apple
Hello Apple Team
We are integrating App Attest with our backend and seeing a 400 Bad Request response when calling the attestation endpoint. The issue is that the response does not include an X-Request-ID or JSON error payload with id and code, which makes it hard to diagnose. Instead, it only returns a receipt blob.
Request Details
URL:
https://data-development.appattest.apple.com/v1/attestationData
Request Headers:
Authorization: eyJraWQiOiI0RjVLSzRGV1JaIiwidHlwIjoiSldUIiwiYWxnIjoiRVMyNTYifQ.eyJpc3MiOiJOOVNVR1pNNjdRIiwiZXhwIjoxNzU3MDUxNTYwLCJpYXQiOjE3NTcwNDc5NjB9.MEQCIF236MqPCl6Vexg7RcPUMK8XQeACXogldnpuiNnGQnzgAiBQqASdbJ64g58xfWGpbzY3iohvxBSO5U5ZE3l87JjfmQ
Content-Type: application/octet-stream
Request Body:
(Binary data, logged as [B@59fd7d35)
Response
Status:
400 Bad Request
Response Headers:
Date: Fri, 05 Sep 2025 04:52:40 GMT
x-b3-traceid: 4c42e18094022424
x-b3-spanid: 4c42e18094022424
Response Body (truncated):
"receipt": h'308006092A864886F70D01070...
Problem
The response does not include X-Request-ID.
The response does not include JSON with id or code.
Only a receipt blob is returned.
Questions
Can the x-b3-traceid be used by Apple to trace this failed request internally?
Is it expected for some failures to return only a receipt blob without X-Request-ID?
How should we interpret this error so we can handle it properly in production?
Thanks in advance for your guidance.
I have a launch daemon that's using the Endpoint Security framework which also is causing high memory usage (in Activity Monitor memory column shows for example 2GB and Real Memory 11MB) when building a big project in Xcode. Is it some kind of memory caching by the system? leaks -forkCorpse seems to not show any leaks.
How can I attach with heap or Instruments without the process being killed with "ENDPOINTSECURITY, Code 2 EndpointSecurity client terminated because it failed to respond to a message before its deadline"?
For security reasons, my application needs to prohibit external devices. If it is determined that the current phone is connected to any external devices, including non MFI authenticated devices, the app will exit. Please tell me how to do it? Thanks for your help.
I’d like to confirm something regarding the hosting of the apple-app-site-association (AASA) file.
We have a server that publicly hosts the AASA file and is accessible globally. However, this server sits behind an additional security layer (a security server/reverse proxy).
My question is:
Will this security layer affect Apple’s ability to access and validate the AASA file for Universal Links or App Clips?
Are there specific requirements (e.g. headers, redirects, TLS versions, etc.) that we need to ensure the security server does not block or modify?
Any guidance or best practices would be appreciated.
Thanks!
I'm a bit confused about if using App Attest is possible in enterprise builds. It shows up under identifiers in the apple dev portal and I can add it to my provisioning file and entitlements file. But if I go to keys I cannot create a key for it.
This page implies it can be used for enterprise builds:
After distributing your app through TestFlight, the App Store, or the Apple Developer Enterprise Program, your app ignores the entitlement you set and uses the production environment.
I'm trying to use ASWebAuthenticationSession on macOS but there is a weird crash and I have no idea what to do.
It looks like there is a main thread check in a framework code that I have no control over.
Any help would be appreciated.
Thank you in advance.
The stack of crashed thread has no symbols, even for supposedly my code in OAuthClient.authenticate.
macOS 15.4.1 (24E263)
Xcode Version 16.3 (16E140)
Thread 11: EXC_BREAKPOINT (code=1, subcode=0x10039bb04)
Thread 12 Queue : com.apple.NSXPCConnection.m-user.com.apple.SafariLaunchAgent (serial)
#0 0x0000000100b17b04 in _dispatch_assert_queue_fail ()
#1 0x0000000100b52834 in dispatch_assert_queue$V2.cold.1 ()
#2 0x0000000100b17a88 in dispatch_assert_queue ()
#3 0x000000027db5f3e8 in swift_task_isCurrentExecutorWithFlagsImpl ()
#4 0x00000001022c7754 in closure #1 in closure #1 in OAuthClient.authenticate() ()
#5 0x00000001022d0c98 in thunk for @escaping @callee_guaranteed (@in_guaranteed URL?, @guaranteed Error?) -> () ()
#6 0x00000001c7215a34 in __102-[ASWebAuthenticationSession initWithURL:callback:usingEphemeralSession:jitEnabled:completionHandler:]_block_invoke ()
#7 0x00000001c72163d0 in -[ASWebAuthenticationSession _endSessionWithCallbackURL:error:] ()
#8 0x00000001c7215fc0 in __43-[ASWebAuthenticationSession _startDryRun:]_block_invoke_2 ()
#9 0x0000000194e315f4 in __invoking___ ()
#10 0x0000000194e31484 in -[NSInvocation invoke] ()
#11 0x00000001960fd644 in __NSXPCCONNECTION_IS_CALLING_OUT_TO_REPLY_BLOCK__ ()
#12 0x00000001960fbe40 in -[NSXPCConnection _decodeAndInvokeReplyBlockWithEvent:sequence:replyInfo:] ()
#13 0x00000001960fb798 in __88-[NSXPCConnection _sendInvocation:orArguments:count:methodSignature:selector:withProxy:]_block_invoke_3 ()
#14 0x0000000194a6ef18 in _xpc_connection_reply_callout ()
#15 0x0000000194a6ee08 in _xpc_connection_call_reply_async ()
#16 0x0000000100b3130c in _dispatch_client_callout3_a ()
#17 0x0000000100b362f8 in _dispatch_mach_msg_async_reply_invoke ()
#18 0x0000000100b1d3a8 in _dispatch_lane_serial_drain ()
#19 0x0000000100b1e46c in _dispatch_lane_invoke ()
#20 0x0000000100b2bfbc in _dispatch_root_queue_drain_deferred_wlh ()
#21 0x0000000100b2b414 in _dispatch_workloop_worker_thread ()
#22 0x0000000100c0379c in _pthread_wqthread ()
My code:
@MainActor
func authenticate() async throws {
let authURL = api.authorizationURL(
scopes: scopes,
state: state,
redirectURI: redirectURI
)
let authorizationCodeURL: URL = try await withUnsafeThrowingContinuation { c in
let session = ASWebAuthenticationSession(url: authURL, callback: .customScheme(redirectScheme)) { url, error in
guard let url = url else {
c.resume(throwing: error ?? Error.unknownError("Failed to get authorization code"))
return
}
c.resume(returning: url)
}
session.presentationContextProvider = presentationContextProvider
session.start()
}
let authorizationCode = try codeFromAuthorizationURL(authorizationCodeURL)
(storedAccessToken, storedRefreshToken) = try await getTokens(authorizationCode: authorizationCode)
}
Here is disassembly of the crashed function.
libdispatch.dylib`_dispatch_assert_queue_fail:
0x10067fa8c <+0>: pacibsp
0x10067fa90 <+4>: sub sp, sp, #0x50
0x10067fa94 <+8>: stp x20, x19, [sp, #0x30]
0x10067fa98 <+12>: stp x29, x30, [sp, #0x40]
0x10067fa9c <+16>: add x29, sp, #0x40
0x10067faa0 <+20>: adrp x8, 71
0x10067faa4 <+24>: add x8, x8, #0x951 ; "not "
0x10067faa8 <+28>: adrp x9, 70
0x10067faac <+32>: add x9, x9, #0x16b ; ""
0x10067fab0 <+36>: stur xzr, [x29, #-0x18]
0x10067fab4 <+40>: cmp w1, #0x0
0x10067fab8 <+44>: csel x8, x9, x8, ne
0x10067fabc <+48>: ldr x10, [x0, #0x48]
0x10067fac0 <+52>: cmp x10, #0x0
0x10067fac4 <+56>: csel x9, x9, x10, eq
0x10067fac8 <+60>: stp x9, x0, [sp, #0x10]
0x10067facc <+64>: adrp x9, 71
0x10067fad0 <+68>: add x9, x9, #0x920 ; "BUG IN CLIENT OF LIBDISPATCH: Assertion failed: "
0x10067fad4 <+72>: stp x9, x8, [sp]
0x10067fad8 <+76>: adrp x1, 71
0x10067fadc <+80>: add x1, x1, #0x8eb ; "%sBlock was %sexpected to execute on queue [%s (%p)]"
0x10067fae0 <+84>: sub x0, x29, #0x18
0x10067fae4 <+88>: bl 0x1006c258c ; symbol stub for: asprintf
0x10067fae8 <+92>: ldur x19, [x29, #-0x18]
0x10067faec <+96>: str x19, [sp]
0x10067faf0 <+100>: adrp x0, 71
0x10067faf4 <+104>: add x0, x0, #0x956 ; "%s"
0x10067faf8 <+108>: bl 0x1006b7b64 ; _dispatch_log
0x10067fafc <+112>: adrp x8, 108
0x10067fb00 <+116>: str x19, [x8, #0x2a8]
-> 0x10067fb04 <+120>: brk #0x1
Hi,
I’d like to confirm something regarding the hosting of the apple-app-site-association (AASA) file.
We have a server that publicly hosts the AASA file and is accessible globally. However, this server sits behind an additional security layer (a security server/reverse proxy).
My question is:
Will this security layer affect Apple’s ability to access and validate the AASA file for Universal Links or App Clips?
Are there specific requirements (e.g. headers, redirects, TLS versions, etc.) that we need to ensure the security server does not block or modify?
Any guidance or best practices would be appreciated.
I have a very basic binary question around passkeys.
Assuming everything is on latest and greatest version with respect to iOS, when user starts creating a passkey in platform-authenticator i.e., iCloudKeyChain (Apple Password Manager) ,
will iCloudKeyChain create a hardware-bound passkey in secure-enclave i.e., is brand new key-pair created right inside Secure-enclave ?
OR
will the keypair be created in software i.e., software-bound-passkey ?? i.e., software-bound keypair and store the private-key locally in the device encrypted with a key that is of course created in secure-enclave.
Topic:
Privacy & Security
SubTopic:
General
Tags:
Passkeys in iCloud Keychain
Authentication Services
can i get transferid by /auth/usermigrationinfo api before transfered app?
https://developer.apple.com/documentation/sign_in_with_apple/transferring-your-apps-and-users-to-another-team#Generate-the-transfer-identifier
I am working on a SDK which helps identify the device authenticity. I am in need of something which can confirm the firmware/Hardware/OS is signed by Apple and is authentic. There will be no tempering to device?
Hello everyone,
I've noticed some unusual behavior while debugging my application on the iOS 26 beta. My standard testing process relies on the App Tracking Transparency (ATT) authorization status being reset whenever I uninstall and reinstall my app. This is crucial for me to test the permission flow.
However, on the current beta, I've observed the following:
1 I installed my app on a device running the iOS 26 beta for the first time. The ATTrackingManager.requestTrackingAuthorization dialog appeared as expected.
2 I completely uninstalled the application.
3 I then reinstalled the app.
Unexpected Result:
The tracking permission dialog did not appear. And more importantly, the device's advertisingIdentifier appears to have remained unchanged. This is highly unusual, as the IDFA is expected to be reset with a fresh app installation.
My question:
Is this an intentional change, and is there a fundamental shift in how the operating system handles the persistence of the IDFA or the authorization status? Or could this be a bug in the iOS 26 beta?
Any information or confirmation on this behavior would be greatly appreciated.
WebAuthn Level 3 § 5.1.3 Step 22 Item 4 states the steps a user agent MUST follow when "conditional" mediation is used in conjunction with required user verification:
Let userVerification be the effective user verification requirement for credential creation, a Boolean value, as follows. If pkOptions.authenticatorSelection.userVerification
is set to required
If options.mediation is set to conditional and user verification cannot be collected during the ceremony, throw a ConstraintError DOMException.
Let userVerification be true.
On my iPhone 15 Pro Max running iOS 18.5, Safari + Passwords does not exhibit this behavior; instead an error is not reported and user verification is not performed (i.e., the UV bit is 0). Per the spec this results in a registration ceremony failure on the server which is made all the more "annoying" since the credential was created in Passwords forcing a user to then delete the credential. :
If the Relying Party requires user verification for this registration, verify that the UV bit of the flags in authData is set.
In contrast when I use Google Password Manager + Chrome on a Samsung Galaxy S24 running Android 15, user verification is enforced and the UV bit is 1.
Either the UV bit should be 1 after enforcing user verification or an error should be thrown since user verification cannot be performed.
I am developing a sample authorization plugin to sync the user’s local password to the network password. During the process, I prompt the user to enter both their old and new passwords in custom plugin. After the user enters the information, I use the following code to sync the passwords:
try record.changePassword(oldPssword, toPassword: newPassword)
However, I have noticed that this is clearing all saved keychain information, such as web passwords and certificates. Is it expected behavior for record.changePassword to clear previously stored keychain data?
If so, how can I overcome this issue and ensure the keychain information is preserved while syncing the password?
Thank you for your help!